Royal Oak woman to get 18 years in Eastpointe fatal drunken-driving crash

A 48-year-old Royal Oak woman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for a fatal car crash and is expected to be sentenced to an 18-year prison term.

Janell Bailey made the plea Thursday in front of Judge Joseph Toia of Macomb County Circuit Court on the day she was to go on trial.

Bailey was charged in connection to a June 2016 crash in Eastpointe that killed Pavlos Frank Dion. Police said Bailey crashed a Dodge Caravan into the rear of a Chrysler Sebring driven by Dion that was stopped at about 10:45 p.m. June at a traffic signal on northbound Gratiot Avenue near 10 Mile Road. Bailey didn’t brake and was traveling between 50 mph and 60 mph.